About 25 miles from Highway 1 is fresh asphalt climbing high into the mountains...

Soon we are on the base roadbed awaiting the final blacktop coating. The tall sierra is seen in the distance. Some photos from a 2000 trip all the way up are at http://vivabaja.com/davidlorenzo/dlpage6.html

30 miles from Highway One and, 2 miles before the Meling Ranch, we turn north on a well signed, graded road for 'El Coyote' where the rough road on to Mike's Sky Rancho begins. Full detailed road log at the end of the Mike's Sky Rancho road photos!

Not far from El Coyote, we discover a large fire had recently burned much of the area between El Coyote and Mikes (thousands of acres)!